Americano Blue's musher/mushing chat thread

[RezChamp]

I realy want this guy!!

She's cute

Grey hound. She's come in side.

I'd like him too!
I need to get my set up, set up.
I know what I want for my b-day. I want a lead dog!

That first one definitely ain't a Labrador Retriever
Lab crossed to something skinny maybe, like a hound or something.
Fast looking and friendly looking and loyal looking tho..

 

[RezChamp]

Rescuing is good. Though some have problems and such. But it gives the dog second chance at life.
I'd take the first and last. They look like your best options.

Yup. Agree, especially first one

 

[RezChamp]

Wish I could mush but I live in NC and we hardly even get snow.

Check out dry-land mushing. There are a lot of people doing it.
There are even racing events set up specifically for that activity.

 

[RezChamp]

He ran the Iditarod and had something wrong that made him limp so he got retired. When I got him, I could still run him and he was never bothered by his leg.

Ya, I have Ashliegh. She hurt her leg and was retired from racing. She's still an awesome puller tho. I use her to dbl lead with Burner. She's good for about 10-15 miles then starts to hurt but I don't have the heart to leave her at home all the time when she knows what the harness means. She's too hard to just t,e for a walk on a leash, she's so powerful she pulls me down and drags me. I'm too old for that.
Same thing with Sparticus. All that I said bout Ashliegh except I don't dbl lead him with Burner. Although he is a good leader I run him with Ashliegh.

 

[RezChamp]

How do you do that?

You could go on a number of mushing sites and browse around, you could google " urban mushing" or "dry-land mushing".
You could also go to " sled dog central" and browse around there.
Lots of sites can give you ideas and direction.

 

[RezChamp]

Hank found my bed!!

Yup, I'd keep him if I could.

 

[RezChamp]

Well. Happy New Year everyone. I hope and pray you all have good health and happiness. On NewYears Eve we celebrated my baby girl's 7th B-day.
One my longest standing(we've been friends since I was 5or 6) friend's wife just gave birth to a baby boy New Year's Eve too. So my daughter and his son Both on New Year's Eve but 7 years apart. He (my friend) is a year older than me. So he and I will both be getting our Senior Citizen's monthly cheque the same time we each receive a monthly Child Tax Credit cheque.
Awesome but silly old men. getting all crippled up from our hyper active lifestyles and still tryna be Daddy to little babies..... Old fools eh.
But I tell you, from my point of view,there ain't no better way to celebrate the New Year than being apart of my baby's B-day party.
RezChamp out for now

 

[charnic44]

Wow. Some dogs retire early eh. Not mine man. They work till they're old.
Okimaw still pulled lead at 14-15, the winter before the winter he had a stroke.
Regal is 10 and he still is my rock in team, Max is 7 and he's only learning to be a working husky, Pipoon is 8 and working team, Burner is a litter mate to Pipon and going strong in lead.
Mind you, these are not racing dogs. They're working dogs. A tad more resilient, just me and my dad, LOL.

I think they retire early cause they arer as fast as younger dogs anymore. They can still work and pull, just not as quickly as younger dogs in their "prime".

 

[Americano Blue]

I think they retire early cause they arer as fast as younger dogs anymore. They can still work and pull, just not as quickly as younger dogs in their "prime".

Yep

 

[SternRose]

Hank is 20lbs of muscle!!